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Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases group is a translational research group within the Cardiology Department of Vall d’Hebron Hospital that performs laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research. In the CIBERCV network we are within the topic of descriptor 2 “Arterial disease, thrombosis and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury”. Our contributions in these topics address the following lines: 

  • Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (i.e. mechanisms of endogenous cardioprotection, ischemic conditioning and remodeling), 
  • Coronary artery disease (i.e. genetic factors involved in coronary artery disease, determinants of thrombotic complications and prognosis), 
  • Aortic diseases (i.e. determinants of aorta dilatation, aortic biomechanics abnormalities in Marfan´s syndrome, and new imaging methods), 
  • Congenital/familiar heart diseases (i.e. genetic determinants and prognosis factors). 

In the CIBERESP network, our group is interested in the study of effectiveness/cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular interventions, health outcome research and methods in clinical research. The group has 19 principal investigators, 32 active projects and clinical trial and has been done 142 publications in 2020.

Publications

Wall Shear Stress Predicts Aortic Dilation in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve.

PMID: 34801463
Journal: JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging
Year: 2022
Reference: JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Jan;15(1):46-56. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.09.023. Epub 2021 Nov 17.
Impact factor: 14.805
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Valente, Filipa, Guala, Andrea, Dux-Santoy, Lydia, Teixido-Tura, Gisela, Ruiz-Munoz, Aroa, Galian-Gay, Laura, Servato, Maria Luz, Johnson, Kevin M, Wieben, Oliver, Casas-Masnou, Guillem et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.09.023

EACVI recommendations on cardiovascular imaging for the detection of embolic sources: endorsed by the Canadian Society of Echocardiography.

PMID: 33709114
Journal: European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging
Year: 2021
Reference: Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 May 10;22(6):e24-e57. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab008.
Impact factor: 6.875
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Popescu, Bogdan A, Edvardsen, Thor, Dweck, Marc, Sprynger, Muriel, Cohen, Ariel, Donal, Erwan, Pepi, Mauro, Tsang, Teresa, Gerber, Bernhard, Soulat-Dufour, Laurie et al.
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab008

Central pulse pressure is inversely associated with proximal aortic remodelling.

PMID: 33710165
Journal: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
Year: 2021
Reference: J Hypertens. 2021 May 1;39(5):919-925. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002730.
Impact factor: 4.844
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Ridolfi, Luca, Tosello, Francesco, Guala, Andrea, D'ascenzo, Fabrizio, Bollati, Martina, Leone, Dario, Sabia, Luca, Bruno, Giulia, Mingrone, Giulia, Astarita, Anna et al.
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002730

A sex paradox in clinical outcomes following complex percutaneous intervention. Treatment bias, biology or both?

PMID: 33388399
Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Year: 2021
Reference: Int J Cardiol. 2021 Apr 15;329:77-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.12.072. Epub 2020 Dec 31.
Impact factor: 4.164
Publication type: Editorail in international publication
Authors: Sambola, Antonia, Soriano-Colome, Toni et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.12.072

Perspective and future direction of intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony assessment.

PMID: 30684259
Journal: JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
Year: 2021
Reference: J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Feb;28(1):65-71. doi: 10.1007/s12350-019-01604-3. Epub 2019 Jan 25.
Impact factor: 5.952
Publication type: Editorail in international publication
Authors: Romero-Farina, Guillermo, Aguade-Bruix, Santiago et al.
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-019-01604-3

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